Themes: Saintly Fools, Down on Their Luck, Underdogs
Main Cast: Norm MacDonald, Jack Warden, Artie Lange, Traylor Howard, Don Rickles
Release Year: 1998
Country: US
Run Time: 81 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
Shortly after leaving the "Weekend Update" anchor slot on Saturday Night Live, Norm Macdonald resurfaced in this comedy about smart-aleck Mitch Weaver who teams with buddy Sam McKenna (Artie Lange of Mad TV). They open a revenge-for-hire business (Dirty Work Inc.) in order to raise $50,000 so Sam's father (Jack Warden) can get a heart transplant. After they bring down a dictatorial movie theater manager (Don Rickles), they next hire prostitutes to pose as dead bodies during an auto dealer's live TV commercial. Millionaire real-estate developer Travis Cole (Christopher McDonald) is bothered when Mitch and Sam interfere with his plan to wipe a woman's home out of existence. Cole hires Dirty Work to trash a building, so he can have it condemned. However, Cole doesn't own the building, and problems arise, mainly since the grandmother of Mitch's girlfriend lives in the building. The feud escalates. Cameos by Chevy Chase, the late Chris Farley, former child star Gary Coleman, Adam Sandler, and John Goodman. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
Gordon Lebredt - Art Director, Roger Mussenden - Casting, Martin Walters - Co-producer, Richard Stenta - Co-producer, Beth Pasternak - Costume Designer, Alan Goluboff - First Assistant Director, Bob Saget - Director, Brad Grey - Executive Producer, Ray Reo - Executive Producer, Richard Gibbs - Composer (Music Score), Gregory Keen - Production Designer, Arthur Albert - Cinematographer, Robert Simonds - Producer, Stephen Grubbs - Sound/Sound Designer, Norm MacDonald - Screenwriter, Frank Sebastiano - Screenwriter, Fred Wolf - Screenwriter
